Emirhan Delibaş (born 1 January 2003) is a Turkish professional footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for Fatih Karagümrük.

Emirhan Delibaş
Delibaş in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Sarıyer, Turkey
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2013–2021 Beşiktaş
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2024 Beşiktaş 1 (0)
2022–2023Göztepe (loan) 2 (1)
2024 Fatih Karagümrük 1 (0)
International career
2019 Turkey U17 3 (0)
2022 Turkey U19 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 August 2022

Club career

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Beşiktaş

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Delibaş, who was trained at Beşiktaş Football Academy, became a phenomenon in the social media with his goal against Sporting CP in 2015. Arda Turan, whom Emirhan Delibaş said "I want to meet the most", shared Emirhan's goal on his social media account by saying "Mashallah". Daily Mirror, which published Emirhan's goal on its website, had the headline "Turkish Cristiano Ronaldo".[1]

Delibaş, who was at the squad before the 2022–23 season, played in friendly match against Werder Bremen. He scored one goal and assisted Oğuzhan Akgün in the goal that brought the victory. Delibaş, who was played in the pre-season camp, was included in the team squad by technical director Valérien Ismaël.[2] On 8 September 2022, he was loaned out to fellow Turkish club Göztepe, along with his teammate Ajdin Hasić.[3]

On 14 December 2023, he made his senior debut for Beşiktaş as a late substitute in a 2–0 away win against Lugano in the Conference League.[4] On 5 January 2024, he featured in his first Süper Lig match against Kasımpaşa.[5] A month later, on 19 February, Beşiktaş announced that they parted ways with Delibaş by mutual agreement.[6] According to several other reports the club and Delibaş parted ways as a result of a conflicting age on a dating profile supposedly belonging to him.[7][8]

International career

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Delibaş played in the Turkey national under-19 football team.

References

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  1. ^ "Emirhan Delibaş kimdir, kaç yaşında, nereli? Emirhan Delibaş'ın biyografisi" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 24 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Valérien Ismaël'den Emirhan Delibaş Kararı" (in Turkish). Sporx. 22 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Ajdin Hasic ile Emirhan Delibaş, Göztepe'ye Geçici Transfer Oldular" (in Turkish). Beşiktaş J.K. 8 September 2022. Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "Emirhan Delibaş: "Emrecan bu gece uyuyamaz"" (in Turkish). Sporx. 15 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Beşiktaş 1–3 Kasımpaşa". Fox Sports. 5 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Kulübümüzden Bilgilendirme" [Information from our club] (in Turkish). Beşiktaş J.K. 19 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Besiktas Parts Ways with 21-Year-Old Player Emirhan Delibaş Over Discrepancy in Age on Dating site". Nigeria Sports News. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Turkish soccer player kicked off team for faking age on dating website". Ynetnews. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
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